An Android Tablet Drama: The Haleron iLet Mini HAL

Android’s beauty as an open-source operating system is that it allows any random manufacturer to develop a product and slap Android on top of it. This does, however, allow for some issues in terms of legitimacy of manufacturers. Case and point: The Haleron iLet Mini HAL.

If you want a tablet with groundbreaking features or earthshaking specifications, look elsewhere. If you want a quaint little tablet that does its job, stick around but don’t buy this. Why? I’ll tell you in a bit. Here come the somewhat interesting specs:

VIA ARM Processor 600 MHz

7” TFT LCD Touch Screen w/ 800×480 Resolution

128 MB RAM

2 GB Flash Memory

Up to 32 GB SDHC

16 Hour Active Battery

Android 1.6, Upgradable to “Windows CE 6.0”

Amazing? Far from it. But still it’s not a bad tablet per se. And it is a pretty sweet deal given the $200 price tag and March 1st shipping date. So why did I warn against buying this? Quite simple. It’s a scam.

Indeed, since the news hit the internet there was some wariness in trusting this random French company named Haleron. One commenter over at Pocketables did some research and couldn’t find much to back up their image as some sort of legitimate tablet maker. The only picture of the iLet Mini HAL is a render found at some other French forum, and they clearly stated they did not license the design to Haleron. Other attempts to find copyright information and company registration have ended up dry. Unless we get any reports stating otherwise, then we will have to assume it is fake. So stay safe, and do your research when purchasing.

[...] An Android Tablet Drama: The Haleron iLet Mini HAL Android’s beauty as an open-source operating system is that it allows any random manufacturer to develop a product and slap Android on top of it. This does, however, allow for some issues in terms of legitimacy of manufacturers. Case and point: The Haleron iLet Mini HAL. [...]